Jay DeMarcus Bio - Biography

Name Jay DeMarcus
Height
Naionality American
Date of Birth 26-April-1971
Place of Birth Columbus, Ohio, USA
Famous for Acting
Jay DeMarcus is an American bass guitarist, harmony vocalist, pianist, actor, record producer and songwriter, who is a member of the country group Rascal Flatts. DeMarcus was born in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from the Tree of Life Christian School in Columbus while living with his mother and sister. He also has a half-sister from his father's side of the family. DeMarcus attended Lee College in Cleveland, Tennessee, from 1990 to 1992.

At the time, he traveled and performed as a keyboard player in the Christian music group New Harvest, led by Danny Murray. Later, DeMarcus helped start contemporary Christian music group East to West and moved to Nashville in 1992. In 1997, he called his a second cousin, Gary LeVox, with whom he played with when they were younger, and convinced him to come to Nashville and provide some harmonies on Michael English's album Gospel, for which he was producing. They engineered the album together, and became English's back-up band. The album was nominated for the Dove Award for Best Gospel Record.

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